​My cheapest camera is the Kenlock Kg1 that I got for 8 Euro in a vintage market in Palermo. I only work around film cameras (35mm, 120mm, 110mm, instant). I've always been charmed by old pictures from the past that I decided to recreate that same atmosphere in my work.

​I started to shoot and experiment with different type of films (I love expired film) for years now. Removing dust on the scans and to digitally print my images are the only post-processing I do.

I have a lot of cameras but the cheapest one is my Lubitel 1 which I bought from eBay for 20 Euro. I love working with Lubitel 1 because it's a very meditative type of camera as it needs some time to set up. A time for me as well to live that moment when I'm taking a photo.

I love twin-lens medium format camera, vignette and the effects of the lens on the exposures especially with expired 120 roll of films.

A beautiful photo is not always the result of an expensive equipment but rather a great idea with a good sense of aesthetic.

My cheap camera is the Nikon F70. Paid for it for just 1 Euro from my uncle as he wanted to throw it away!

I prefer working around slide films. Often experimenting with black and white, and other special effects that you could achieve with films like double exposures. I always see my subjects as something personal. In them the possibilities is vast but what I really want to express through them are my feelings at that given moment.

I'm taking photos for myself to try and shape my ideas into something concrete as an artist.

It was natural for me to start photography ever since. I discovered that when I feel something really deeply I'd just hold my breathe and close my eyes to store the image, emotion, memory inside of me. How can I preserve that memory was the big question, as memories in my head always seem to fade as years pass us by. Of course photography was the clear answer.

Some people thinks that working with minimal tools can't result in you creating works that looks very professional. It's not true! Your equipment is just a helping hand. The most important thing is you as an artist/photographer. We have the infinite possibilities in all of us. Don't think about it too much and just do your best with whatever tools you have available.

Study the history of photography. I graduated with a thesis about photographic manuals and it was amazing to discover how photographers were crazy about new techniques. Experiment after another, they were able to create great works with basic tools. It made me think that with passion and curiosity you can do everything you want!

Be humble. Don't be afraid to ask for opinions from other people. Whether it's a good or bad one, learn from them. You have to improve yourself in ways you can. Your vision and ideas can take you places. It's really up to you in the end.

I work mainly with public analogue photobooths, definitely not cheap to buy, but cheap to use, for a project about tattooed people called INKED.

I love how people feel comfortable in a photobooth. Even those who are not used to pose are usually more relaxed than in front of a camera and a photographer. I am not pressing any shutter but I am the photographer since I make the photos happen. Using this private space I feel I can capture better the sitter's personality, I can guide and direct the shooting from the outside showing the photos when they come out and suggesting the best way to use the features of this "public studio".

I believe that everything happened when digital became widely used. Everything was becoming fast, too fast, and I felt we're missing an important part of photography. Photos were becoming cheap and people were shooting more without thinking, filling cards and drives with photos that had no value, that we're going to be lost at the first computer crash and it was even before the smartphones.

I felt I needed to stop and look for something more physical, a more closer relationship with the essence of photography: time and light.

BECOMING LAURA CHERRY (Model: Laura Cherry, London)

I started with polaroid cameras, then looked for film cameras at home and I ended up buying a colour photobooth (now in Italy) and building my own pinhole cameras with cardboard and wooden boxes. I probably shoot less than any photographer but every shot forces me to think, to give more, thus giving me a bigger satisfaction at the end.

I got what I was missing, something I was able to touch, smell, feel.

The suggestion I give to those people who wanted to do photography is for them to study the history of photography, to understand how wonderful it is to know where and how certain photos were created with what could be now considered primitive and limited cameras.

Try building your own pinhole camera, there are plenty of tutorials and videos online. You will be able to understand the basics of photography: time, light, focus point, depth of field, etc. The emotion that I felt when I saw my very first photo taken with a cardboard box is something I will never forget.

Following these two steps allowed me to understand that everything depends on us. IT'S NOT THE CAMERA, IT'S YOU is the perfect slogan. I was able then to love cameras that I was finding thanks to relatives and friends.

Look for abandoned and unused cameras that people around you have for sure. Look for manuals online and use them without fear. Cameras are tools and there is nothing to lose, so have fun with them.

I also always receives precious advice from old school photographers. People running studios now working with digital cameras only, people who started during the analogue era. They are around you and they usually love to talk about cameras and film (and sometimes they will also give you their old gears!)

With analogue photography is always worth to try. SHOOT, FAIL, UNDERSTAND AND REPEAT will lead you to something beautiful.

My motto is "GO ANALOGUE, DIGITAL IS DEAD" (and I have a photobooth tattooed to prove it)